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Now that we are in the holiday season, take a look at the variety of programs offered at a branch near you! Take the kids to a storytime with Santa, watch A Christmas Carol live, prepare for holiday meals, and much more.

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Badlands of Northern Ontario

On November 15, the Camden Point Book Talk members met to discuss book Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, which was set in the rural “badlands” of northern Ontario. This is a story told by Kate Morrison of her life experiences, who with her three siblings was orphaned young. It details how the sacrifices of her two older brothers kept the family together.

Happy Black Friday

I rolled over, kissed my husband goodbye, waved at my daughter and son-in-love, and rolled over to reset the alarm. I was cozy in my bed, and my family was off to find a bargain. Really? Crazy, right? Why did they leave me, why is the library open on Black Friday, why isn't Friday another day of Thanksgiving? I went back to sleep, dreaming of boxes of books and moving trucks only to hear laughter and stories as my family jumped on the bed to show me their treasures. So on my first break, after a game of Bananagrams, I found a book to answer all my questions.

Holiday Shopping Safety

Our local Lee's Summit Police Department has a webpage dedicated to Safety Information. With so many people out shopping these days, it just takes one instance of carelessness or failure to be aware of your surroundings to make you vulnerable to crime. Take a moment and go over the department's Holiday Shopping Safety suggestions.

Knitting

On the street where I grew up, there was a lady who would try to teach all the girls on the block how to knit. Every year, we would go to her house and have a lesson. For some of us, the lessons stuck, but for me, not so much. During the year, she would sit in her rocker by the window and watch the kids play or go off the school. She would wave to us as she sat there knitting. I was always impressed that she didn’t even have to look at what she was doing, and could still knit a straight row. Some of my favorite Christmas gifts are the ones that she made.

Losing Her Parents All Over Again

Set in Rose, Kansas, The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard brings together a familiar place with an atypical murder mystery. Jody Linder is shocked to find that Billy Crosby, the man convicted of murdering her parents in 1986, has been released from prison, and she wants to know why. She may have been only three years old, but Jody still remembers parts

Mid-Continent Public Library Delivers For You

When you put in a request for the latest bestseller by your favorite author or a car repair book from Chilton's, the library's truck drivers are the ones who deliver for you. We borrow books, videos, cassettes, CDs, and more from 29 other libraries in three counties. But it doesn't just stop at our district borders.

I now have a new favorite author—Jacqueline Winspear. Historical fiction has never appealed to me. I am a mystery, peppered with lots of psychological and mental suspense, lover. I have discovered an author that meets all this criteria, plus tosses in life in England and the rest of Europe between WWI and WWII.

And Winter Came (Sort Of)

All right, hands up all of you who are sad we didn’t get that snow the Almanac said we would at the start of this week. Anyone? Anyone? Didn’t think so... Well, the snow might not have showed up, but the cold certainly seemed to have arrived and brought sunshine with it on some days, cold rain on others. Sunny cold days… the days you look out the window, think it’s going to be beautiful, and then you look at the temperature. Unless, we’re talking about those near 70 degree days we had last week.